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Coercion is progressivism’s unifying theme
When your preferred tool is a government hammer, every public policy problem looks like a nail.
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Well, she DID work on the Watergate Committee
Opinion
School choice is social justice
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to interact with undergraduate and doctoral students at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education. My charge was to address the intersection of education policy and advocacy. The discussion inevitably led to the subject of school choice. I explained how and why Republicans created private-school scholarship programs for low-income...
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Good grief!
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Campaigns go back to future
After a certain point, raising and spending more money on TV ads doesn’t seem to help candidates very much. That's why they're returning to grass-roots campaigning.
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Imponderables
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Truth misstated on teacher pay
Most peer-reviewed studies on the subject find no positive, statistically significant correlation between average teacher salaries and student performance.
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Oh say, can you see
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Large perimeter
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Darn that pesky old Constitution
Long gone are the days when the political left stood firmly in defense of fundamental protections included in the Bill of Rights.
Opinion
Focus on growth, not development
North Carolina should abandon economic development policy and completely refocus on economic growth. These are distinctly different goals that more often than not conflict with each other. Most policies meant to promote economic development create economic inefficiencies and therefore hinder economic growth. For decades North Carolina has been pursuing “economic development policy.” Indeed, the N.C....
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